Buried on Long Island and New York City

Grammy Award trumpeter Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong (1901-1971), a legendary jazz musician, and singer and occasional actor, was born in New Orleans but eventually settled in Corona, Queens. His final resting place is also in the borough, in Flushing Cemetery.

Recognized as an icon of American history --- and by some as the namesake of the current hit Broadway play based on his life --- Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and a person vastly influential in the formation of the U.S. financial system, was interred in the Trinity Church cemetery in Manhattan in 1804 at the age of 49 after being killed in a duel with Aaron Burr (who was vice president of the United States at the time).

Former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher died when he shot himself after killing his girlfriend on Dec. 1, 2012. The West Babylon High School product was only 25 years old when he died. He was buried in North Babylon Cemetery, although his body was later exhumed at his family's request so that his brain could be examined.

Legendary band leader Guy Lombardo, seen here at Jones Beach on June 20, 1977, was born in Canada, but would later make Freeport his home. When Lombardo died at the age of 75 on Nov. 5, 1977, he was buried at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Farmingdale.

JACK DEMPSEY

Jack Dempsey was boxing's heavyweight champion for seven years and later became an owner of Jack Dempsey's Restaurant in Manhattan, where he would become one of the most recognizable stars in a city full of them. Dempsey died on May 31, 1983, one month short of his 88th birthday. He is buried at Southampton Cemetery.

Planner and builder Robert Moses left his mark on New York City and Long Island -- he was the force behind the Northern State Parkway, Southern State Parkway, Wantagh State Parkway and Meadowbrook Parkway, among other roads and crossings. Moses died at the age of 92 in 1981 at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, and though his funeral was held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Bay Shore, his final resting place is in the Bronx at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Legendary boxer Rocky Graziano, left, was a middleweight champion who was portrayed by Paul Newman in the film, "Somebody Up There Likes Me." This is a real fight with Tony Zale who took the championship on June 10, 1948 in Newark, N.J. Graziano died on May 22, 1990, at age 71, and is buried in Locust Valley Cemetery.

In 1975, Ruffian was well on her way to becoming the next great racehorse. She had dominated early on in the year and started a match race with Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure on July 6, 1975 in Belmont Park. A half-mile in, her right foreleg shattered. She is shown here with an air cast, right after the breakdown. A day later she had to be destroyed. Ruffian is buried in the infield of Belmont Park.

Playwright Philip Barry is best known for "The Philadelphia Story," which would later be turned into a movie starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Barry, who died in New York on Dec. 3, 1949, at age 53, is buried at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in East Hampton.

Illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini remains an entertainment icon due to his signature death-defying stunts. His final resting place is in Glendale, Queens, at the Machpelah Cemetery. Houdini died at the age of 52 in 1926, but to this day his gravesite -- which features a large, lavish marker -- has a reputation for drawing the curious and believers of the paranormal, especially on Halloween.

William James "Count" Basie was a great jazz pianist and bandleader who led the Count Basie Orchestra for nearly 50 years. Basie died on April 26, 1984 at age 79 and is buried at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Farmingdale.

One of the great television pioneers in history is buried on the East End. Roone Arledge, center, responsible for creating shows from "Monday Night Football'' to "Nightline," is buried in Southampton Cemetery. Arledge died Dec. 5, 2002 at age 71. In this photo with Joe Namath, left, and Frank Gifford, he was announcing on July 9, 1985, that Namath was joining "Monday Night Football."

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed on June 19, 1953, at Sing Sing prison for giving atomic-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union. He was 37, she was 35. As hearses carried their bodies to Wellwood Cemetery in Farmingdale, demonstrators shouted such imprecations as "bury them in Russia," and "dirty Commies."

Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull was president of the New York Provincial Congress and a brigadier-general of the New York Militia during the American Revolution. Woodhull, who was 53 when he died in 1776, is buried at a private, family cemetery on Neighborhood Road in Mastic Beach.

When vice presidential nominee Richard Nixon was under attack for misusing a political expense fund, he turned to a national television audience and admitted to only one campaign gift -- a dog named Checkers. That 1952 speech may have saved Nixon, who went on to serve as President Dwight Eisenhower's second in command. In 1968, Nixon would be elected president. As for Checkers? It died in 1964 and is buried at Bideawee Association Pet Cemetery in Wantagh.

Academy Award winner Gary Cooper, center, stars as Yankees legend Lou Gehrig in 1942's "Pride of the Yankees." Cooper, who died in 1961 at the age of 60, is buried at Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary Roman Catholic Cemetery in Southampton.

Eccentric comedian Andy Kaufman, who grew in Great Neck, became a household name after performances in "Saturday Night Live" and "Taxi," where he was the highly recognizable Latka Gravas. Kaufman's meteoric rise, which included a stint as a wrestler, came to a sad, early end when he was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer. Kaufman, who died in 1984 at the age of 35, is buried at Beth David Cemetery in Elmont.

President Teddy Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill in Cove Neck, where he spent many summers. The nation's 26th president, who died in 1919 at the age of 60, is buried at Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay Cove.

Artist Jackson Pollock, a pioneer in abstract expressionism, drops paint onto a canvas at his studio in Springs. Pollock, who died in a car accident in 1956 at the age of 44, is buried at Green River Cemetery in East Hampton.

Harry Chapin made it big with his smash hit "Cats in the Cradle" in 1974. The singer-songwriter was also an activist who fought for the poor, which led to the creation of Long Island Cares. Chapin, who died in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway in 1981 at the age of 38, is buried at Huntington Rural Cemetery.

Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane lived in Dix Hills for three years until he died of liver cancer in 1967 at the age of 40. He composed the epic 1964 jazz masterpiece, "A Love Supreme," shortly after moving into the four-bedroom home. Coltrane is buried at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Farmingdale.

Robert Keeshan

Robert "Bob" Keeshan, a Lynbrook native, is better known as Captain Kangaroo, one of the most beloved figures in television history. Though he spent the last 14 years of his life in Vermont, Keeshan, who died in 2004 at the age of 76, is buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Babylon.

John Lindsay, right, was New York's mayor from 1966 to 1973. Here he is seen playing football on the lawn of Gracie Mansion with Patrick Vecchio. Vecchio, who would later become Smithtown supervisor, was the mayor's bodyguard. Lindsay, who died in 2000 at the age of 79, is buried at Memorial Cemetery at St. John's Church in Laurel Hollow.

Dr. Joyce Brothers was a well-known television personality and psychologist who may have been best known for her daily newspaper advice column. Brothers died on May 13, 2013 at age 85 and is buried at Beth David Cemetery in Elmont.

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player Jackie Robinson was not only a talented and successful athlete, but a hero of social justice. He was the first African-American to play in MLB, changing the game forever when he took to the field as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in April 1947. Robinson was born in Georgia, but permanently rests in Brooklyn, buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery. He was 53 when he died in 1972.